Meaning not yet researched.
Marva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #334 in 1936.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #334 in 1936. No US babies were recorded with the name Marva in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #334 in 1936.
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Marva: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #334 in 1936 · most girls in one year: 371 (1948).
Fewer than five US girls were named Marva in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #334, reached in 1936. The most girls given the name in a single year was 371, in 1948. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #457 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marva in 94 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1913 with 5 babies. In all, 10,369 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 3,115 babies named Marva.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 15 US girls were named Marva; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 5.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #16,753 | — | — |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,672 | — | — |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,285 | — | — |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,275 | — | — |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,606 | — | — |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,209 | — | — |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,784 | — | — |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,655 | — | — |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,794 | — | — |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,131 | — | — |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,595 | — | — |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,246 | — | — |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,321 | — | — |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,846 | — | — |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,909 | — | — |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,114 | — | — |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,463 | — | — |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,633 | — | — |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,977 | — | — |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,485 | — | — |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,879 | — | — |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,687 | — | — |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,762 | — | — |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,706 | — | — |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,740 | — | — |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,957 | — | — |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,682 | — | — |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,706 | — | — |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,247 | — | — |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,408 | — | — |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,584 | — | — |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,949 | — | — |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,510 | — | — |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,583 | — | — |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,427 | — | — |
| 1971 | 94 | #1,207 | — | — |
| 1970 | 113 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1969 | 115 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 1968 | 109 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 1967 | 105 | #999 | — | — |
| 1966 | 111 | #968 | — | — |
| 1965 | 125 | #903 | — | — |
| 1964 | 141 | #874 | — | — |
| 1963 | 144 | #876 | — | — |
| 1962 | 172 | #796 | — | — |
| 1961 | 150 | #874 | — | — |
| 1960 | 172 | #781 | — | — |
| 1959 | 212 | #689 | — | — |
| 1958 | 173 | #758 | — | — |
| 1957 | 214 | #673 | — | — |
| 1956 | 252 | #600 | — | — |
| 1955 | 261 | #565 | — | — |
| 1954 | 282 | #528 | — | — |
| 1953 | 296 | #506 | — | — |
| 1952 | 241 | #557 | — | — |
| 1951 | 330 | #458 | — | — |
| 1950 | 315 | #457 | — | — |
| 1949 | 318 | #447 | — | — |
| 1948 | 371 | #411 | — | — |
| 1947 | 328 | #450 | — | — |
| 1946 | 286 | #463 | — | — |
| 1945 | 263 | #441 | — | — |
| 1944 | 316 | #400 | — | — |
| 1943 | 322 | #407 | — | — |
| 1942 | 276 | #439 | — | — |
| 1941 | 338 | #366 | — | — |
| 1940 | 297 | #392 | — | — |
| 1939 | 319 | #367 | — | — |
| 1938 | 332 | #355 | — | — |
| 1937 | 342 | #342 | — | — |
| 1936 | 350 | #334 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 1935 | 187 | #466 | — | — |
| 1934 | 74 | #785 | — | — |
| 1933 | 60 | #873 | — | — |
| 1932 | 57 | #938 | — | — |
| 1931 | 57 | #922 | — | — |
| 1930 | 69 | #863 | — | — |
| 1929 | 56 | #965 | — | — |
| 1928 | 60 | #964 | — | — |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,184 | — | — |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,255 | — | — |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,172 | — | — |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,343 | — | — |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,342 | — | — |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,710 | — | — |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,733 | — | — |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,899 | — | — |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,259 | — | — |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,002 | — | — |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,601 | — | — |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,830 | — | — |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,070 | — | — |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,522 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).